Karita clan

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Karita clan
刈田氏
Home provinceMutsu Province

The Karita clan operated from the Katta District, south of Mutsu Province (now Miyagi Prefecture). This clan founded the Shiroishi Castle in the Heian period.[1][2][3][4] The Karita clan later became the Shiroishi clan, which served the Date clan[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Japanese)"Monument".
  2. ^ (in Japanese)"history-land.com".
  3. ^ (in Japanese)"rekishi pdf, page 2".
  4. ^ (in English)"Shiroishi Castle".
  5. ^ (in Japanese)"Shiroishi-shi" on Harimaya.com (28 March 2008).
  6. ^ (in Japanese) "Shiroishi-shi" on shiroishi.ne.jp.